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title: 'Murder on the Orient Express (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kenneth Branagh'
released: '2017-11-09'
runtime_minutes: 114
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/murder-on-the-orient-express-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3402236/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

2017 · PG-13 · 114 min · Drama, Mystery, Crime · United Kingdom, United States

Part of: Hercule Poirot

## Synopsis

Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery film co-produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. It is the first installment of the Hercule Poirot film series. The film stars an ensemble cast with Branagh as Hercule Poirot, alongside Tom Bateman, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Colman, and Daisy Ridley. The plot follows Poirot, a world-renowned Belgian detective, as he investigates a murder on the luxury Orient Express train service in the 1930s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kenneth Branagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-branagh)
- **Producer:** [Kenneth Branagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-branagh), [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott), [Simon Kinberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-kinberg), [Mark Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gordon)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-green)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Patrick Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-doyle)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haris Zambarloukos](https://cinepixo.com/people/haris-zambarloukos)
- **Editor:** [Mick Audsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/mick-audsley)

## Cast

- [Adam Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-garcia)
- [Kenneth Branagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-branagh) as Hercule Poirot
- [Tom Bateman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-bateman) as Bouc
- [Michael Peña](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pena)
- [Miranda Raison](https://cinepixo.com/people/miranda-raison) as Sonia Armstrong
- [Olivia Colman](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-colman) as Hildegarde Schmidt
- [Sergei Polunin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-polunin) as Count Rudolph Andrenyi
- [Lucy Boynton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucy-boynton) as Countess Helena Andrenyi
- [Michelle Pfeiffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-pfeiffer) as Caroline Hubbard
- [Phil Dunster](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-dunster) as Col. John Armstrong
- [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp) as Edward Ratchett
- [Alaa Safi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alaa-safi) as Jewellery Merchant
- [Daisy Ridley](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisy-ridley) as Mary Debenham
- [Derek Jacobi](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-jacobi) as Edward Henry Masterman
- [Leslie Odom Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-odom-jr) as Dr. Arbuthnot

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